Pregnant with a sick toddler
I'm currently 29w4d with my second child. My daughter is nearly 20 months old, and my husband just called me at work to tell me that she has a 101.3 fever.
I feel really bad for her, but we're pretty sure she has the same thing as our friend's kid, who had similar symptoms earlier this week. Apparently our friend's kid was miserable for a day or two, and then was on the road to recovery, so I suspect my daughter's trajectory will follow the same path.
My question is, should I be keeping my distance from my daughter? I really really don't want to. She's my baby, and she's sick, and I want to reach through the phone and cuddle her right now, even though my husband is already home with her, giving her all the TLC she needs. But even moreso, I'm still nursing her (twice a day, once in the morning and once at night) and I'd hate to cut off that source of antibodies and snuggles just when she needs it most. (Plus, last time I took a day off of nursing, because I was sick, my supply plummeted. Now that it's back up, I don't want to risk it again.)
My mama instinct says, snuggle my daughter, wash my hands a lot, and hope I'm fine. But is that stupid? My husband is a stay at home dad, and she's a total daddy's girl, so if I kept my distance, it would probably make me sadder than her. But I still want to snuggle my poor sick little girl.
What's the right call here, mamas?
Edit: Thanks to you all for encouraging me to snuggle my daughter, which was so obviously the right call, but I was being a paranoid pregnant person! I have snuggled, will continue snuggling, and if I get sick, so be it. Thank you for the moral support, guys!
I feel really bad for her, but we're pretty sure she has the same thing as our friend's kid, who had similar symptoms earlier this week. Apparently our friend's kid was miserable for a day or two, and then was on the road to recovery, so I suspect my daughter's trajectory will follow the same path.
My question is, should I be keeping my distance from my daughter? I really really don't want to. She's my baby, and she's sick, and I want to reach through the phone and cuddle her right now, even though my husband is already home with her, giving her all the TLC she needs. But even moreso, I'm still nursing her (twice a day, once in the morning and once at night) and I'd hate to cut off that source of antibodies and snuggles just when she needs it most. (Plus, last time I took a day off of nursing, because I was sick, my supply plummeted. Now that it's back up, I don't want to risk it again.)
My mama instinct says, snuggle my daughter, wash my hands a lot, and hope I'm fine. But is that stupid? My husband is a stay at home dad, and she's a total daddy's girl, so if I kept my distance, it would probably make me sadder than her. But I still want to snuggle my poor sick little girl.
What's the right call here, mamas?
Edit: Thanks to you all for encouraging me to snuggle my daughter, which was so obviously the right call, but I was being a paranoid pregnant person! I have snuggled, will continue snuggling, and if I get sick, so be it. Thank you for the moral support, guys!